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Anti-Corruption Investigators Search Presidential Chief of Staff Yermak’s Home in Kyiv
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Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) carried out searches at the home of presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak in central Kyiv as part of an ongoing investigation, according to Ukrainian and international media reports on November 28.
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Ukrainska Pravda reported that NABU and SAP investigators arrived in the government quarter on Friday morning and were filmed entering the guarded area where Yermak’s residence is located, with around 10 officers seen going inside.
The outlet said the actions were part of authorized investigative work and that NABU and SAP later confirmed they were conducting searches at the head of the Office of the President, describing the measures as actions undertaken within the framework of an ongoing case.
In a statement on his Telegram channel, Yermak confirmed the investigators’ presence at his home and stated that he was fully cooperating with law enforcement. “Today NABU and SAP are indeed conducting procedural actions at my home.
There are no obstacles for the investigators. They have been given full access to the apartment, and my lawyers are on site interacting with law enforcement officers. For my part, there is full cooperation,” Yermak wrote, stressing that the activities were being carried out within the framework of procedural actions.
Earlier, it was reported that according to Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities, these actions fall inside a wide-ranging investigation led by NABU and SAP into what the bureau characterizes as “a network including current and ex officials, a prominent businessman, and various individuals” that supposedly built an extensive kickback scheme surrounding state nuclear operator Energoatom.
NABU has identified businessman Tymur Mindich as the suspected organizer of that group. Authorities stated that he left the country shortly before raids at his Kyiv residence and that he has subsequently been placed under a wanted registry, with prosecutors preparing a global arrest order and Ukrainian lawyers considering whether he could get stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship.
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